Both sailors rushed to the water's edge and found the young child being carried from the water by a struggling family member. The child was suffering severe facial lacerations after being violently struck by a wake boarder.

Stokes carried the child ashore and to a nearby building while Davis notified the facility's staff and coordinated their assistance. Both sailors then administered first aid until a van arrived to transport the child to a local hospital.

Stokes and Davis are in the Philippines with Combined Task Unit 72.2, providing P3-C Orion support to the salvage of USS Guardian (MCM 5), which ran aground Jan. 17. The P3-C Orion is a maritime patrol aircraft and is flying from Clark Air Base, near Angeles City.

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